edp announcement

EDP requests ANBIMA the preliminary analysis of the registration process for launching a secondary public offer of shares from EDP – Energias do Brasil, S.A.

Jueves, 19 Mayo 2011

Following the information released to the market on May 13th, EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. requested today to ANBIMA – Associação Brasileira das Entidades dos Mercados Financeiro e de Capitais the preliminary analysis of the documentation for the registration of the secondary distribution public offer of shares issued by EDP – Energias do Brasil, S.A.

Following the information released to the market on May 13th, EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A. ("EDP") requested today to ANBIMA – Associação Brasileira das Entidades dos Mercados Financeiro e de Capitais ("ANBIMA") the preliminary analysis of the documentation for the registration of the secondary distribution public offer ("Offer") of shares issued by EDP – Energias do Brasil, S.A. ("EDP Brasil").

The initial offer involves 19,919,510 shares and shall also include an option to distribute a suplementary block of shares (greenshoe), up to a maximum of 1,991,950 additional shares, which shall be sold according to the same conditions and price as of the initial block of shares. The Offer is subject to the approval by the Brazilian Stockmarket regulator, Comissão de Valores Mobiliários brasileira.

The conditions for the sale of shares by EDP shall be determined by the relevant corporate bodies following a bookbuilding process and shall take into consideration: (i) the share price at which EDP Brasil trades at BM&FBOVESPA; and (ii) the indications provided by investment intentions collected during bookbuilding process, in relation to the quality of demand (volume and price).

EDP - Energias de Portugal, S.A.